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John Hugh CAMPBELL

Regimental number15751
Place of birthBurranadeen, Dubbo, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Trangie, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressTrangie, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation40
Next of kinMother, Mrs Maria Campbell, Ivanhoe, Trangie, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameOctober 1916 Reinforcements
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A74 Marathon on 31 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Field Company Engineers
FateKilled in Action 25 September 1917
Place of death or woundingHooge, on the Ypres-Menin Road, Belgium
Age at death41
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialBelgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot I, Row O, Grave No. 4), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
23
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Trangie Cemetery, New South Wales. Inscription on family headstone reads: 'I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith.' Parents: John (b. Iona, Scotland, 18 October 1833; d. 9 March 1915; bu. Trangie Cemetery) and Martha (b. Donegal, Ireland, 8 March 1847, d. 6 October 1930, bu. Trangie Cemetery) CAMPBELL, 'Ivanhoe', Trangie, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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